as a result (I didn't know there was something called "nautical twilight," but now that I do, I want it). Unfortunately, the result is returned not as a nice list, but instead embedded in a complicated WolframAlphaResult format. Despite trying many different approaches, I have been unable to discover a way to get just a list of this data returned. It is possible?

Really? Just drop the "Results" from WolframAlphaResults? That's embarrassingly simple. I tried a lot of different things but somehow not that. Thanks.
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George WolfeNov 20 '12 at 14:42

Actually, your question is the first time I came across the function WolframAlphaResults, and I cannot find any information in the docs (Mma version 8.0.4 Windows) about it. How did you find this function?
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kgulerNov 20 '12 at 14:48

I expanded a wolfram alpha pod which displayed the extended twilight information. It contained the WolframAlphaResult[] function with the "DaylightInformation_More" PodState, and I copied it, not noticing the "Result" part added at the end.
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George WolfeNov 20 '12 at 15:28

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